It’s curious about how things work out sometimes. I love writing – I once had a blog, published a book, and a long time ago, taught 5th...

The other day I was in a conversation about names. We were discussing whether or not we liked our names, the way old names are coming...

AUSE. A temporary stop; a break in a verse; temporary inaction; a mark used in writing or printing to correspond to a pause of voice...

Lord, allow me to see with your vision. To see others as you see them, as you created them. To glimpse a clear picture of the path you’ve

This is a retelling of the story of The Rich Young Ruler, or as I heard one person put it, The Rich Young Fool. You can read the actual...

“So Jacob named the place Peniel saying, ‘For I have seen God face to face, yet my life has not been snatched away.’ Now the sun rose on...

I played softball when I was a kid. I played second base, and we had such a fun team, The Sluggers. We all went to school together and...

I will never forget what one of my bible study leaders said to us at the end of a spring bible studies. She looked at us and said what...

We go about so many days the same way we've gone about so many before them. Focused on ourselves and our own situation. Complaining, but...

We’ve cleared the table of our dirty dinner dishes. I stand at the kitchen sink and begin to rinse them. The scalding water cascades ...

This spring I really discovered a love for cookies –not just the ones you make at home, but the ones from Cookie Society. It’s incredible...

In her newest book, I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet, Shauna Niequist writes, “A wise friend of mine says that spiritual maturity is...

So, I must admit, I stole the title of today’s Noisy Narratives blog post from someone else. Her name is Kay (KK) Whitaker, and her life...

Hebrews 2: 10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to...

This past weekend was spent with a lot of high school and middle school girls at Girls Retreat! As the girls minister at Frisco First, it...

This past weekend was spent with a lot of high school and middle school girls at Girls Retreat! As the girls minister at Frisco First, it...

Sleep hadn’t come easily in the hours before. I’d tossed and turned and finally found comfort curled under the blankets. Now, my eyes...

A few weeks ago, a truly miraculous thing happened. A thing I’ve prayed for years. My five-year- old son made the decision to love and...

I have a sister, she is amazing. She is younger than me and she is different from me. She can sing, play instruments, she is impassioned...

I walk through the house gathering items and settling them into a plastic tub. From our fireplace mantle, I pick up a red-heart-holding...